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Cargando... Common preservation : in a time of mutual destructionpor Jeremy Brecher
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In Common Preservation, Brecher shares his experiences and what he has learned that can help ward off mutual destruction and provides a unique heuristic - a toolkit for thinkers and activists - to understand and create new forms of common preservation. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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1. He spends a far too big chunk of the book talking about the book. Most sections begin with a lengthy description of what's to follow and end with an even lengthier recap of what was just read. If you take away that, plus all the times he references his other books, this would be barely more than a pamphlet.
2. He gives a history of the climate change resistance movement and doesn't once mention Earth First!. In fact, he basically gives Bill McKibben credit for introducing the movement to direct action. I think this has more to do with the author being a liberal than a lack of knowledge or research.
3. After talking a bunch about a climate insurgency and how the only reason governments and corporations have power over the people is because we let them, he offers more government regulations and corporate generosity as solutions to the mess we're in. Hey, Jeremy, the government isn't going to end climate change, wars, poverty, etc. (